Id simply go by cost benefit.

How much you owe on the car Plus how much you can get for the car, plus how much $$ you get if you part out.

If it works out to where u can get a new car then Id say do it, if youd have to take a huge loss then dont.

I did this when i had my matrix and things kept on going wrong and it worked out for the better. You will always be happy with a new car

 

yea I learned my leason, never buy a contriversial turbo kit.

 

thanks for the heads up on the weather dave

 

no prob
did you hit any of it???

i was going 5mph on 95 for a good 10miles cuz the rain was sooo bad

 

very little, he stayed home all night long

it's spooky though, lots of lightnin but no thunders?

 

a ton of rain/wind/lightning, but no thunder
haven't seen it that bad since i was in a tropical storm in FL awhile ago

 

the lightning went side ways in bethesda :?

instead of striking vertically

 

I got to see that light show from the safety of College Park (no wait College Park isnt safe ?) But it was really scary at times because some of us were coming from the diner on campus

 

Ok here is a question.

As some of you may or may not know, I am entertaining the thought of trading in my 2005 xB for a 2008 xB. My xB has 70K miles on it and a new OEM exhaust system.

The question is where should I go to trade mine in and buy a new one. and why.

and also should I leave my AEM CAI, TRD exhaust on there, or return them to stock. I am going to leave the tail lights and might leave in the Cold Cathode neons if if won't make a difference.

 

basically again. part out and see how much uc an get for everything and then see how much extra will a new ride cost. id say go with a new ride ur gonna love it but only if u can afford it

 

part out. you will get more money for the car is you part out, plus you can get some money back for the parts when you sell them

 

So I took my car to Carmax, just cause I was in the Laurel area, and I had talked to a guy there previously and really like him. He is an ex Best Buy installer (like me). I went out test drove a manual BSP 08 and had my car appraised.

I really like the 08, when I drove it, it had less roll, much better pick up and felt more sturdy. I even went back over the test track with mine to see the difference and even my gf could notice one.

They appraised it at 7K which is about what I was expecting for an 05 with 70k mi on it. the buyer commented, very high milage for model year, runs and shows well overall, nice options. I asked them what they would perfer, modified the the trd exhaust and aem intake or stock and they said stock.

Now I just have to really decide what I wanna do and get all my ducks in a row to do it.

 

Also try Private party selling. I got wayyyy more outta my car then carmax would give me.

 

So I wanted to get everything checked out and get my trans fluid changed before my warranty is over Im at 56k miles, was thinking about taking it to Fitz its either that or R&H. I trust fitz more anything i shoudl specifically tell them to look at ? Gonna say can you check out the S/C before my warranty is up pretty much.

 

Yea, we have people do that ____ here, at Tweeter, we just want to kick them square in the ghonads and strife. It's like yea, everything works great, but can you take the time to tear apart my car to make sure it continues to work great. But when the techs are flat rate (commission) and there is no money being made, it like, why should we do this, we won't make any money on it, so they just lift the hood, look at the belt and go yea its fine.

 

yea thats what im worried about. I dont mind paying for a hour or so wortha labor but as long as they make a proper determination. but its ftiz and i know they got good customer service.

 

im grabbin a monster

thnx dave =D haha

 

had one this mornin too

 

hope it goes away before we meet up